A Novice Nurse Is Working with a Preceptor on a Medical-Surgical

question 35

Multiple Choice

A novice nurse is working with a preceptor on a medical-surgical unit. After assessment of a patient, the novice nurse states to the preceptor, "This patient has many odd ideas about several common health practices. He seems like a deviant to me." What concept will guide the preceptor's response?

• A) A definition of deviance that covers all clinical situations.
• B) The knowledge that beliefs and behaviors are only deviant if the patient thinks there is a problem.
• C) The knowledge that beliefs and behaviors vary according to cultural and social considerations.
• D) The need for further assessment to determine the duration of the beliefs and actions.

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Definitions:

Hypothesis

An assumption made before any research has been conducted for the purpose of testing.

Critical Value

A point on a statistical distribution that represents a threshold at which the null hypothesis is either rejected or not rejected.

Hypothesis Test

A statistical method that uses sample data to evaluate a hypothesis about the properties of a population.

Commuted

Refers to the action of commuting, which is traveling from one's home to work or school, or it can refer to changing a legal penalty to a less severe one.